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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  18. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  19. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  20. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  21. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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